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10-04-2021, 10:41 AM

Quote: @JR44 said:

@purplefaithful said:

I have a question for football minds:

Why the hell dont they roll Cousins out - EVER? He's an easy target right behind center and that IOL that I thought was starting to look functional - but got its butt kicked today.
When your QB can't move (or refuses to) you have to create plays to get him out of the pocket and also quick hitting passes. Not one rollout all day and I don't remember seeing any short drops or quick slants. Everything was a deep drop. The OL is taking the heat, but they are being put in a situation where they have to be perfect every play, which is not realistic. The QB and the play calling has to help out the OL.

I'm not sure rolling out against Clowney and Garrett would be the best idea. They often took a wide split which would have made rolling out a bad choice with a QB that wears cement cleats.Also the browns LBs get to the sidelines pretty damn quick as well.

10-04-2021, 03:06 PM

Quote: @purplefaithful said:
I always get back to whats the better alternative to Cousins?

Case Keenum?
Andy Dalton?
???

It's going to be a player of that ilk with all their warts, weaknesses and in-ability to lift a team around them

When Cousins gets protection he about as good a thrower as there is.

The biggest problem is the Vikings haven't been able to draft a franchise QB since Culpepper. And of course the OL challenges over the years.

I have a question for football minds:

Why the hell dont they roll Cousins out - EVER? He's an easy target right behind center and that IOL that I thought was starting to look functional - but got its butt kicked today.

There was a film clip showing what happened when Fields tried to roll out versus Clowney and gang. Fields is slightly more athletic than Kirk and it wasn't pretty.

10-04-2021, 04:12 PM

Penalties, both called against and not called for, absolutely killed them today too.

10-04-2021, 05:26 PM

Some teams consistently find ways to win and some find ways to lose. Guess which team we are?

The excuses are endless for pretty much every NFL team from week to week but I am completely done with looking for excuses for my team be it the Cousin's vs OL debate, Zimmer's run focus or defense focus, different OC every year, Covid, Kirk can't move or Kirk, etc....

It's time for a cool change at the end of this season!!!

We 100% need to move on from Zimmer after 8 years or will this be his 9th - not looking up.

Wilf's need to make a decision about Spelly and his ability to find a new Offensive minded HC who has a history of grooming QB's. We have the next 13+ weeks looking for that guy! But do the Wilf's want to give Spelly that choice or are they starting new at the GM level? Just like replacing Cousins or Zimmer, who is a good prospect to others for a GM role?
We just let Paton walk to Denver and then Stefanski as HC. Is there anyone in our current organization that I don't know about?
Of course we will focus on the highly successful organizations for a possible GM and HC.

Just watching the game last night both OC's were excellent in calling the game - IMO. I am not a McDaniel fan but come on he had a rookie QB going up against the GOAT with zero run game. What a Byron Leftwhich I have not heard his name thrown around at all, but then again, I haven't really been prospecting as much as a will be moving forward.